Spring ID Refresher: Flycatchers and Swallows

Calendar
When:
April 15, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
2025-04-15T19:00:00-05:00
2025-04-15T19:15:00-05:00
Where:
Heller Nature Center
2821 Ridge Rd
Highland Park, IL 60035
USA
Cost:
Free
Programs
Flycatchers Heller Nature Center Program Swallows
Spring ID Refresher: Flycatchers and Swallows @ Heller Nature Center | Highland Park | Illinois | United States

Do you struggle to distinguish Alder Flycatchers from Acadians, or Tree Swallows from Rough-winged?  Have trouble deciding if you’re looking at a Willow Flycatcher or an Eastern Wood-Pewee, or ID’ing Cliff and Cave Swallows on the wing (which is how you usually see them)?  With spring migration beginning, join us to get tips and tricks for identifying these aerial insectivores using field marks like tail and wingtip length as well as song mnemonics (fitz-bew!). In this interactive multimedia presentation, Matt Hayes, an avian biologist and Illinois Audubon Society’s Assistant Director, will also discuss why birds that catch their food in flight face population declines and what we can do to help save them.